If you are new to findagrave, I suggest you read "frequently asked questions" carefully before making entries or requests.

Since I get a huge volume of requests, please make it easier for me to add biographical information, relationship links, or corrections by going to the page you want linked or corrected and click on "edit." Your info will be emailed directly to me and I can click on the link. If I get the email I will make changes, but generally I don't have time to email you. Please double check dates and info; if multiple items are misspelled or have typos, I am inclined to believe the other material may also be erroneous.

PLEASE NOTE THAT "TRANSFER REQUESTS SHOULD BE FOR DIRECT RELATIVES WITHIN FOUR GENERATIONS" as per Findagrave policy- see FAQs. Please state your relationship in the request. You are able to add photos to any entry.When the website started there was no option for linking relatives. I am happy to add desired links: please double check your numbers so errors don't make double work for both of us.

I am related to some of the people I have added; entries are also posted in the interest of genealogy and history, and the hope that someone will add my lost ancestors.

Please take digital photos of old gravestones in your area; some that exist today may crumble in a season or two, especially in areas with winter frost. In a way, your photo will preserve it. Perhaps it will be the only record of a particular gravestone. Please do not apply any substance to a gravestone to make it more legible; it damages the stone.

You may use my findagrave photos for your personal use, with attribution; anything to be published - please contact me for permission. Click on photo for larger format.

If you are requesting a photo in a large cemetery please take the time to get section and plot number from the cemetery office, if there is one. Your request has a better chance of being fulfilled that way. Most volunteer photographers work on the weekends when cemetery offices are not open.

Verify everything; transcriptions and even information "written in stone" may be inaccurate. A good example is when the date April 31 appears on a gravestone.

Most of the CT cemeteries have already been added to findagrave. When in doubt check under "New" and "Old" to see if you've missed the listing. Please HESITATE before creating a new Connecticut cemetery on findagrave. I'll be happy to research it for you to avoid duplication; so many alternate names and town name changes make it likely it is already listed in another place. The majority of CT cemeteries that existed in 1934 were surveyed on the Hale Index: www.cslib.org/halecol.htm. Although it contains errors and omissions it is still very helpful.

Another source of information is the Ct Gravestone Network: www.ctgravestones.com.Your local library or historical society can also assist you. Ask for the person most familiar with the cemeteries or the history of the town.

12527348William Peters: There are at least two people who know the facts {as opposed to guesses} about this William Peter's marriage and death records. You and me. Every family tee I have seen has got him living and buried in North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. They also have him married to at least three different people other than Phebe Hungerford. Amazing. It is refreshing to see the correct information for a change. Keep up the good work. Accuracy is important.

My question is have you ever come across a cemetery called Brumbley Cemetery? It is in the Town of Norwich New London County, Connecticut. I am researching Spicers and Brombley/Brumbleys buried in Norwich. I found the cemetery through a Google search but can't find it listed in Find A Grave.

The website gives no location for the cemetery and I found it through hale-collection.com. There are just 19 names listed. Here is the linkhttp://www.hale-collection.com/new-london-county-cemeteries/314-22-brumbley-cemetery.htm

Thank you for transferring the grave to me. Most of all, thank you for adding the grave to Find-A-Grave so that I knew about it. I am a retired teacher on Long Island and can't travel around that much anymore.

Cordially,

Mrs. Barbara Farrand Doxey, a relative of John Gilbert Peak(e) through my great grandmother Helen Peake (1829 - 1891), music teacher at Hudson, New York, and second wife of Joseph Steevens Farrand. At the age of 35, Helen married and had five children who lived to adulthood. She also helped raise many stepchildren.

Find a Grave PhotoThank you for all the work you have done to make this site a wealth of information.I am working on the Sherman side of my family on Ancestry.com. Can I have your permission to use the picture and information about Mehetable Wellington Sherman 1688 to 1776.Thank you, CRC

I have an ancestor that you have posted pictures for. I am requesting your permission to use them in my genealogy database and a possible book (years from now) that will be given to family members. I would credit you John C. Anderson as having taken the pictures.

His name is Samuel Penfield and he is buried in Alderbrook Cemetery in Connecticut.